The most popular names recorded in 1998 were Sanne for girls and Thomas for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from Meertens NVB data.
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanne | 1,181 |
| 2 | Lisa | 973 |
| 3 | Anouk | 960 |
| 4 | Anne | 914 |
| 5 | Iris | 875 |
| 6 | Laura | 865 |
| 7 | Romy | 828 |
| 8 | Demi | 808 |
| 9 | Kim | 798 |
| 10 | Julia | 744 |
| 11 | Amber | 724 |
| 12 | Lotte | 721 |
| 13 | Eva | 674 |
| 14 | Emma | 665 |
| 15 | Anna | 613 |
| 16 | Naomi | 600 |
| 17 | Michelle | 589 |
| 18 | Femke | 583 |
| 19 | Nina | 551 |
| 20 | Maria | 549 |
| 21 | Sophie | 539 |
| 22 | Tessa | 531 |
| 23 | Melissa | 525 |
| 24 | Esmée | 523 |
| 25 | Johanna | 497 |
| 26 | Eline | 495 |
| 27 | Merel | 493 |
| 28 | Lisanne | 491 |
| 29 | Daphne | 483 |
| 30 | Britt | 450 |
| 31 | Manon | 425 |
| 32 | Charlotte | 407 |
| 33 | Denise | 398 |
| 34 | Maaike | 397 |
| 35 | Daniëlle | 385 |
| 36 | Nienke | 381 |
| 37 | Kelly | 375 |
| 38 | Danique | 374 |
| 39 | Fleur | 373 |
| 40 | Celine | 364 |
| 41 | Vera | 362 |
| 42 | Melanie | 354 |
| 43 | Robin | 352 |
| 44 | Sharon | 349 |
| 45 | Ilse | 342 |
| 46 | Esther | 317 |
| 47 | Maud | 315 |
| 48 | Elisabeth | 301 |
| 49 | Nikki | 300 |
| 50 | Myrthe | 297 |
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas | 1,269 |
| 2 | Tim | 1,120 |
| 3 | Kevin | 940 |
| 4 | Daan | 914 |
| 5 | Nick | 877 |
| 6 | Rick | 870 |
| 7 | Niels | 868 |
| 8 | Max | 852 |
| 9 | Tom | 837 |
| 10 | Lars | 819 |
| 11 | Mike | 756 |
| 12 | Bram | 743 |
| 13 | Robin | 729 |
| 14 | Ruben | 707 |
| 15 | Jesse | 685 |
| 16 | Dennis | 680 |
| 17 | Johannes | 673 |
| 18 | Daniël | 661 |
| 19 | Jan | 661 |
| 20 | Sander | 655 |
| 21 | Bart | 649 |
| 22 | Jeroen | 638 |
| 23 | Martijn | 629 |
| 24 | Bas | 622 |
| 25 | Koen | 617 |
| 26 | Jelle | 601 |
| 27 | Jasper | 582 |
| 28 | Stijn | 543 |
| 29 | Thijs | 543 |
| 30 | Mark | 542 |
| 31 | Wouter | 499 |
| 32 | Dylan | 494 |
| 33 | Luuk | 491 |
| 34 | Sven | 490 |
| 35 | Willem | 490 |
| 36 | Stan | 464 |
| 37 | Julian | 452 |
| 38 | Jordy | 451 |
| 39 | Roy | 440 |
| 40 | Joey | 439 |
| 41 | Justin | 438 |
| 42 | Jeffrey | 436 |
| 43 | Pieter | 427 |
| 44 | Stefan | 426 |
| 45 | Cornelis | 424 |
| 46 | Wesley | 423 |
| 47 | Maarten | 421 |
| 48 | Hendrik | 414 |
| 49 | David | 407 |
| 50 | Michael | 403 |